poem "District and Circle"
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The poem "District and Circle" is a reflective work by Seamus Heaney that evokes a journey on the London Underground to explore memory, history, and the everyday urban experience.
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| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| District and Circle | 0 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf | poem ⓘ |
| author | Seamus Heaney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardsContext |
part of the volume that contributed to the Irish Times Poetry Now Award
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part of the volume that won the T. S. Eliot Prize ⓘ |
| collectedIn | District and Circle (Faber and Faber edition) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsAllusionTo |
London Underground Circle line
NERFINISHED
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London Underground District line NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ireland ⓘ |
| creatorNationality | Irish ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 2006 ⓘ |
| hasCollectionGenre | poetry collection ⓘ |
| hasImagery |
crowded train carriages
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underground tunnels ⓘ urban soundscape ⓘ |
| hasISBNOfCollection | 9780571230693 ⓘ |
| hasNarrativePerspective | first-person speaker ⓘ |
| hasStyle |
compressed language
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dense imagery ⓘ interweaving past and present ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
commuting
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memory of past conflicts ⓘ public transport ⓘ urban anonymity ⓘ |
| hasTitleOrigin | names of London Underground lines ⓘ |
| hasTone |
meditative
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nostalgic ⓘ reflective ⓘ |
| includedIn | The New Yorker (as an individual poem) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | lyric poetry ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | contemporary Irish poetry ⓘ |
| meter | free verse with metrical variations ⓘ |
| partOf | District and Circle (poetry collection) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisherOfCollection | Faber and Faber NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
London, England
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surface form:
London
London Underground NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
everyday life
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history ⓘ identity ⓘ memory ⓘ modernity ⓘ place ⓘ time ⓘ transience ⓘ urban experience ⓘ |
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